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GENERAL SAUCE
Photo: Mike Kenneally

GENERAL SAUCE

9 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

88
Calories
2g
Protein
1g
Fat
22g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Peach 1 medium (150g) 59
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Long Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two ounces of salt
  • a clove of garlic
  • an ounce of cloves
  • an ounce of mace
  • an ounce of long pepper
  • a pint of madeira
  • six shalots
  • two peach leaves
  • two lemons

Directions

1

Chop six shalots or small onions, a clove of garlic, two peach leaves, a few sprigs of lemon-thyme and of sweet basil, and a few bits of fresh orange-peel. Bruise in a mortar a quarter of an ounce of cloves, a quarter of an ounce of mace, and half an ounce of long pepper. Mix two ounces of salt, a jill of vinegar, the juice of two lemons, and a pint of Madeira. Put the whole of these ingredients together in a stone jar, very closely covered. Let it stand all night over embers by the side of the fire. In the morning pour off the liquid quickly and carefully from the lees or settlings, strain it and put it into small bottles, dipping the corks in melted rosin.

2

This sauce is intended to flavour melted butter or gravy, for every sort of fish and meat.

By Eliza Leslie · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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